IntelTrends 21-MAR-2010

The semi-autonomous region of Puntland said that an agreement was signed between the int’l ships and the region to locally convict Somali pirates, Information Minister Abdikarin Ahmed Guled said on Sunday.

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had urged the Agence France Presse (AFP) to issue a correction to its news article posted at The Philippine Inquirer’s breaking news section that it (MILF) was responsible for the religious ruling (fatwa) declaring former President Joseph Estrada, Senator Mar Roxas, and Senator Franklin Drilon as “enemies of Islam”.